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Katrina Live Thread, Part XI
Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse

The situation in New Orleans continues to deteriorate due to rising water levels and desperation. Search and rescue continues via boat and air. Authorities have announced the goal to evacuate all the remaining residents of NOLA. The New Orleans Mayor has reported numerous gas leaks throughout the city. Sporadic fires occurring. Attempts to evacuate hundreds of hospital patients from Charity Hospital and Tulane Medical Center are in process. Patients are being transported to other hospitals as far away as Florida.

The Army Corps of Engineers is at the NOLA levee breaks with current plans to drop 3000 lb sand bags in an effort to stop the flow of water. NOLA hospital evacuations continue for thousands of patients. Reports indicate all evacuees are being taken to the SuperDome, which is now surrounded by water. The generators at the Dome are now in jeopardy. The Governor of Louisiana has called for a day of prayer tomorrow...

Elsewhere, search and rescue continue in Mississippi and Alabama. Biloxi reports indicate catastrophic damage.

Links to various news and local government websites:

WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends (very slow load)

2theAdvocate - Baton Rouge Includes Slidell, St. John Parish, St. Bernard Parish updates, and other locations.

NOLA.com

Inside Houma Today needing boats, volunteers, lists gas station openings, water, etc.

WALA Channel 4 Mobile, AL Includes links to distribution centers, Emergency Ops, etc.

Sun-Herald Gulfport MS Includes link to town by town reports

Gulfport News via Topix.net

WAFB Baton Rouge

Mobile Register via al.com

Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger

Lafayette LA Daily Advertiser

Pensacola News Journal

St Bernard Local Government

Streaming Video:
WWL-TV (via KHOU/Houston): http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/makeadplaylist.pl?title=beloint_khou&live=yes

WKRG/Mobile: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518

WDSU/New Orleans via WAPL/Jackson: mms://a842.l1291238841.c12912.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/842/12912/v0001/reflector:38841

All are Windows Media Player links.


Related FR Threads:

FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread

Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?

Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here

Looting Begins In New Orleans

Martial Law Declared in New Orleans


Due to the number of requests to assist, the following list of some charities is provided.
This is not intended as an endorsement for any of the charities.

www.redcross.org or 1-800 HELP NOW - note: website is slow
Salvation Army - 1-800-SAL-ARMY or Salvation Army currently looking for in-state volunteers - (888)363-2769
Operation Blessing: (800) 436-6348.
America's Second Harvest: (800) 344-8070.
Catholic Charities USA: (800) 919-9338, or www.catholiccharitiesusa.org.
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: (800) 848-5818.
Church World Service: (800) 297-1516 or online at www.churchworldservice. org.
Lutheran Disaster Response: (800) 638-3522.
Nazarene Disaster Response: (888) 256-5886.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: (800) 872-3283.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is accepting donations at its 3,800 stores and Web site, www.walmart.com.

Previous Threads:

Katrina Live Thread, Part X
Katrina Live Thread, Part IX
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: aftermath; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina
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To: PhiKapMom
The Mississippi River has breeched the levees and holes all over the levees.

If this turns out to be true...well...I can't even imagine how bad things are going to get.

1,521 posted on 08/30/2005 5:30:00 PM PDT by maquiladora
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To: PhiKapMom

That was Plaqueminnes Parish they were talking about... not New Orleans.


1,522 posted on 08/30/2005 5:30:00 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Enchante

http://www.khou.com/
The humane shelters in Houston are caring for some, they are adoptables..I saw the article earlier today...I think their animal shelters moved them here early.. Personal pets with owners in NO ..that's a big problem.

People are first..Getting their owners to leave them will be a problem I would imagine.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HURRICANE_KATRINA?SITE=KHOU&TEMPLATE=HOME.html&SECTION=HOME


1,523 posted on 08/30/2005 5:30:07 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: gidget7
The Navy is sending swift boats...

Shall we expect John Kerry to show up next? With video crew in tow?
1,524 posted on 08/30/2005 5:30:16 PM PDT by Iwo Jima
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To: John Jamieson

WWL reported the Mississippi River has breeched its levees and holes throughout the levees.


1,525 posted on 08/30/2005 5:30:25 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: dawn53

yes! I didn't even think of it I heard the prisoner thing.


1,526 posted on 08/30/2005 5:30:28 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: PhiKapMom

But can you explain WHY there would be a news blackout. Is that to prevent panic? CNN said someoe said this looks like Japan after the bomb dropped.


What is the latest on Shep. Did they get him out of there or is he still claiming NO dodged a bullet?


1,527 posted on 08/30/2005 5:30:34 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: bjs1779
Are you absolutely sure it is a Mississippi levee and not the existing breach on the Lake?
1,528 posted on 08/30/2005 5:30:40 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
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To: queenkathy

The looters that had stolen the seal were both shot.


1,529 posted on 08/30/2005 5:30:45 PM PDT by oldfarmer (Mark 16:17-18)
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To: geopyg

yes; prayers for the children....and all other innocents in harms' way...darkness is coming.


1,530 posted on 08/30/2005 5:30:47 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: BurbankKarl

The telephone system is destroyed and the 911 center is without power. There's not much else that they can do - except get the hell out of the way.


1,531 posted on 08/30/2005 5:31:31 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: LenS
It won't stop with looting. The looting is just the first stage in people running amuck. Next, there will be rapes and killings as the animal side of people takes over. That's why you stop looting as soon as you see it.

Which is exactly what I was telling my co-worker this afternoon while explaining why I was so down on looters. Words of wisdom from Barney Fife: NIP IT! (IN THE BUD)

I don't necessarily think looters should be shot dead, but then making them run the gauntlet (the good old-fashioned Indian way) is inconvenient.

1,532 posted on 08/30/2005 5:31:33 PM PDT by wimpycat (Hyperbole is the opiate of the activist wacko.)
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To: Lauretij2

Open your eyes and ears and catch up with the news. Welcome to FR btw...


1,533 posted on 08/30/2005 5:31:38 PM PDT by DocRock (Osama said, "We love death, the U.S. loves life, that is the main difference between us.")
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To: bjs1779; PhiKapMom

"WWL is broadcasting and just said the Mississippi River has breeched the levees and holes all over the levees.

If that is true, they have to blow out the gulf levies."

Reporters make mistakes. If the Miss. River levy breached...well, that's that.


1,534 posted on 08/30/2005 5:31:52 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: DJtex

OK, I keep seeing this question over and over, even hear the media asking something similiar. I am thinking we have some Freepers that could explain it, but none have taken a shot at it. Now, I know if I am wrong y'all will correct me, but with all the rain that was dropped by the hurricane plus the tidal surge etc. are we seeing (or not seeing as in lack a observation of the natural world)storm water flowing out of the watershed to the lowest points? Is that why the water in lake P is not really going down, but rising slightly and continueing to flow through the breaches in the levees. Basic Watershed Science?


1,535 posted on 08/30/2005 5:32:09 PM PDT by EBH (Never give-up, Never give-in, and Never Forget)
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To: bjs1779
If that is true, they have to blow out the gulf levies.

Why is that?

1,536 posted on 08/30/2005 5:32:10 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: eternity

What on earth are you on about?


1,537 posted on 08/30/2005 5:32:14 PM PDT by Doohickey (If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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To: Enchante

The President is going to have federalize the Guard and Police and take over -- Blanco etal. just don't have the ability. You never really know how you'll react to a crisis until you face a real one. Sadly, she's not rising to the occasion.


1,538 posted on 08/30/2005 5:32:18 PM PDT by LenS
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To: dawn53

No your not!!!!!!


1,539 posted on 08/30/2005 5:32:18 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: NonValueAdded

It's the Mississippi levy alright -- in Plaqueminnes Parish. That's farther down river from New Orleans. There is no news on WWL about the levys at the river in New Orleans.


1,540 posted on 08/30/2005 5:32:20 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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